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xdg.desktopEntries

Desktop Entries allow applications to be shown in your desktop environment's app launcher.

You can define entries for programs without entries or override existing entries.

See https://specifications.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/desktop-entry-spec-latest.html#recognized-keys for more information on options.

Declarations
Type
attribute set of (submodule)
Default
{ }
Example
{
  firefox = {
    name = "Firefox";
    genericName = "Web Browser";
    exec = "firefox %U";
    terminal = false;
    categories = [ "Application" "Network" "WebBrowser" ];
    mimeType = [ "text/html" "text/xml" ];
  };
}